Antonyms for needle-pointed


Grammar : Adj
Spell : need-l-point
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnid lˌpɔɪnt


Definition of needle-pointed

Origin :
  • "point of a needle," c.1700; "point lace made with the needle," 1865, from needle (n.) + point (n.).
  • As in sharp : adj knifelike, cutting
  • As in gnawing : adj sharp
  • As in knifelike : adj sharp
  • As in lancinating : adj sharp
  • As in stabbing : adj sharp
Example sentences :
  • He does not mistake foreshortened ridges for needle-pointed peaks.
  • Extract from : « The Alps » by Martin Conway
  • Then then needle-pointed brain got in its word, and he added, "Why?"
  • Extract from : « The Taming of Red Butte Western » by Francis Lynde
  • The powerful drug in the needle-pointed head of each tiny crystal went directly into the bloodstream of each target.
  • Extract from : « Anything You Can Do ... » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Yet the tremendous jaw-muscles of the chipmunk drove the needle-pointed teeth deep into the twisted, over-lapping fibres.
  • Extract from : « Wild Folk » by Samuel Scoville
  • The younger man without hesitation drove a needle-pointed creese three times into his ruler's breast.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines » by H. Irving Hancock
  • On the south appears the majestic massing of needle-pointed towers which Powell named the Pinnacles of the Virgin.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the National Parks » by Robert Sterling Yard
  • All that remained visible now was the jumbled mass of needle-pointed sparks of luminosity.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
  • It towers to the sky, its needle-pointed spires overtopping a crooked street which rises178 sharply from the river.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Northern France » by Francis Miltoun
  • The powerful drug in the needle-pointed head of each went into the bloodstream of the target.
  • Extract from : « Anything You Can Do » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Beneath the sheet the Rat clutched the needle-pointed compasses and waited.
  • Extract from : « Our Square and the People in It » by Samuel Hopkins Adams

Synonyms for needle-pointed

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